Taking it up again

A warm welcome from me, and welcome back. Personally I'm not sure a simulator will help much. I prefer the mantra "prop the down wing up"
Please visit the Introduce yourself section, somebodies bound to ask you, it may as well be me!

The kit in question is HERE
My first observations are, with that amount of dihedral it's going to be super stable and will probably fly rudder only. My other caveat is weight, the entire rear fuselage and empenage (everything after the main wing trailing edge) can be trimmed down considerably with no loss of structural integrity, and it'll fly so much better.

At 1000mm/3 foot 3" it's rather small for a first trainer model.
Why?
The small wing would make it difficult to keep the flying weight down. (wing loading), leading to a rather fast flying speed.
It would very quickly get too small to see easily, so you could struggle to see which way it was going.
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As Ward seems to want to build the model, rather than buy a foamie, I'd suggest he looks at the Ben Buckle Super Sixty with ailerons, almost twice the size, not much heavier, therefore a much slower flyer.
It also means he could use a much larger battery pack, for longer gentle flights, rather than a four minute dash, as the weight penalty is spread over the much larger wing area, so is less critical.
As there is no nose-wheel, it won't keep wrecking the servo gears while he learns to land it! (On my Phoenix model, which I use for training students, I have fitted a 'sacrificial' dead cheap servo just for the nose leg, so if the gears get mashed in a kangaroo 'arrival', I still have rudder control).
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I would also strongly advise Ward to find a club near him, who have an Instructor, it would save him a lot of grief and rebuilding time!
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Being in a club also removes the hassle of finding a suitable flying site, and usually also provides insurance to cover him from the inevitable accidents.
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As Klippy said - 'flying' a simulator on a computer is very different to really flying a model aircraft, which can be affected by all kinds of things you never even thought of, and sim's don't cover, spatial awareness being one of them!
Sim's are ok for initial practice at new 'silly' manouevres, because when the model goes splat - it magically rebuilds itself - at no cost.
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As a p.s. Models designed to be electric powered from the outset tend to be very lightly built, rather like a free-flight model used to be/or is. So they don't take kindly to being repeatedly hit by the ground - as they are mostly space held together by a few sticks, so you would spend a lot of your time repairing or rebuilding bits, instead of flying the thing!

Good call Eric, I hadn't noticed the small size.
The Ben Buckle kit is HERE
I notice they show an oiler in front, no worries an electric equivalent is easily fitted. I've had several B B kits, they're all good with good instructions.
Notice how much care is taken to lighten the rear end and that the wing is flat, this plane will fly well.

West Cornwall huh, I claim Bude as my spiritual home, it was and still is the home of my mothers side of the family (Currie) I spent most of my formative years there.

I would believe, I used to go back every year while my mother was still alive.
There should be plenty of slope soaring where you are, a Super 60 with a lump of church roof up front should do well.